Question follow-through · 129499
Supply Chains: Ethics
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing legislation to promote and enforce ethical business practices across global supply chains.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 23 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 27 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing legislation to promote and enforce ethical business practices across global supply chains.
27 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
The UK has a range of measures in place to promote ethical business practices across global supply chains. In the Trade Strategy, the Government launched a review of the UK’s approach to responsible business conduct, focused on addressing human rights abu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Conditions of Employment: Artificial Intelligence
19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps is he taking to ensure that employment protections are adequate for the future, in the context of the potential for AI to replace some job roles.